Trauma Therapy in Fort Worth, TX

I hold a Master's in Professional Counseling and I'm certified in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, which is one of the primary tools I use with trauma clients. I've trained through the Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute in Boulder across multiple programs for nature-based trauma work. I'm certified in functional hormone health because trauma doesn't stay in your head, it shows up in your body, and I want to understand what's happening there too. 

I've worked in intensive outpatient programs and at a nonprofit supporting individuals and families healing from trauma. And I've done my own work. My life path initiated me into this field, and everything I ask you to try is something I've done myself.

I like to start with weekly sessions for a minimum of 6 to 12 weeks so we can build momentum. If you're working through more complex trauma, I have a strong preference for weekly sessions for about 6 months. From there, we check in and adjust. Most of my clients eventually move to every other week because they don't need me as often, and that's the goal. You choose between 50-minute and 90-minute sessions. (My clients almost always choose 90.)

You might not. Most of the women I work with don't walk in saying "I have trauma." They walk in saying "I can't sleep," "I can't stop picking fights with my boyfriend," "I don't know why I keep binging," or "I'm anxious all the time and I don't know why." Trauma isn't always the big, obvious thing. Sometimes it's the environment you grew up in, the roles you learned to play, the beliefs you absorbed about yourself before you were old enough to question them. If something in your life keeps repeating and you can't figure out why, there might be something underneath it worth looking at.

Come in anyway. You don't need a diagnosis or a label to sit on my couch. You don't need to have your story figured out before our first session. A lot of my clients come in for anxiety or relationship issues and we discover together that there's something older running underneath it. That's what the first session is for. You tell me your story, I ask questions, and we figure out what's going on together. You don't need to have it all mapped out. That's my job.

Yes. Trauma isn't limited to assault, abuse, or a single catastrophic event. Growing up as the emotional caretaker of your family is trauma. Having a mother who commented on your body at the dinner table is trauma. Being the kid who learned to read every micro-expression in the room to keep the peace is trauma. Being bullied, abandoned, betrayed, or victim-blamed is trauma. If the way you grew up is still dictating how you cope with stress, handle conflict, and show up in relationships, that's worth looking at regardless of whether it fits the definition you have in your head.

No. I believe a woman should not have to re-traumatize herself by speaking the most horrific details of her life out loud if she doesn't want to. Healing does not require feeling humiliated or ashamed. That's why I use Accelerated Resolution Therapy. It lets us process and clear trauma without you having to verbalize it.

I don't believe you should be in therapy forever. I view our work as a vision quest: I meet you in a specific season of your life, we do the work, and the goal is for you to outgrow me. Some clients wrap up in a few months. Some with more complex trauma work with me for six months to a year. Some take a break and come back when something new comes up. Some stick around every other week because they like having the space and they define it as self-care. I'm supportive of all of it, as long as you're retaining your agency and getting benefit from our time together. But my orientation is always toward graduation.

For trauma processing, I like to use Accelerated Resolution Therapy, which lets us clear the painful charge from a memory in a single session without you having to talk through the details. I also use Internal Family Systems (IFS), parts work, and attachment-informed modalities. 

Some sessions we take outside for a walk-and-talk because walking does something to your brain that sitting in a chair doesn't. We might do neurographic painting, pull oracle cards, explore archetypes, or bring in ritual. I bring functional health into our trauma work too, tracking your cycle and making sure your body is resourced while your mind heals. How we work depends on where you are and what your mind, body, and soul need that day.